Pulaski County, IL tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Pulaski County, IL tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. Illinois sells tax lien certificates paying up to 9%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 30, 2026.
How tax lien and tax deed sales work in Pulaski County, seat of Mound City: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Illinois tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction.
- County office
- 618-748-9322
On this page
How Pulaski County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Pulaski County Treasurer, serving as ex officio County Collector
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Pulaski County does not publish an annual tax sale date.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
The county publishes no registration instructions or bidder packet for the annual tax sale, so registration terms must be confirmed with the Treasurer's office at 618-748-9322. Separately, for the Joseph E. Meyer & Associates trustee auctions of Pulaski County parcels, which are run as sealed bid sales, the published process is to buy the county catalog (available roughly 30 days before the sale), take the bid form and purchase contract from the catalog, pick it up at the Treasurer's Office, or download it from the county page, then submit the bid with payment in full by certified funds or personal check before the deadline. Bids can also be purchased and submitted through the iltaxsalebids.com portal, which requires a user account. The agent states that "Bids received after the deadline will not be accepted" and that bidders are notified of results by mail roughly 7 to 10 days after the sealed bid deadline.
Sale format and venue
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Sheriff or a court-appointed private selling officer, under an order of the circuit court. A county acting as trustee runs its own tax deed auctions.
- Frequency
- as ordered by the circuit court
- Typical timing
- Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Terms of a judicial tax deed auction, including whether it runs online, in person, or both, and what deposit is required, are set in the court's order and published in the notice of tax deed auction. That notice runs once a week for 3 consecutive weeks, starting no more than 45 days and ending no less than 7 days before the auction. Read the notice for each parcel; there is no statewide platform or standing bidder registration.
Sale format and venue
Pulaski County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Pulaski County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Get the advertised list
Use Pulaski County auction listings and assignable tax lien certificates (Joseph E. Meyer & Associates) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Sheriff or a court-appointed private selling officer, under an order of the circuit court. A county acting as trustee runs its own tax deed auctions. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Pulaski County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Pulaski County auction listings and assignable tax lien certificates (Joseph E. Meyer & Associates). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Terms of a judicial tax deed auction, including whether it runs online, in person, or both, and what deposit is required, are set in the court's order and published in the notice of tax deed auction. That notice runs once a week for 3 consecutive weeks, starting no more than 45 days and ending no less than 7 days before the auction. Read the notice for each parcel; there is no statewide platform or standing bidder registration.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Illinois due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Illinois before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold liens and deeds
Certificates nobody bids on at the annual sale are forfeited to the county as trustee for the taxing districts. The county may then assign a forfeited certificate to any party or sell property it has acquired, which many counties handle through a delinquent tax agent rather than a public counter. Counties may also offer county-held certificates at a scavenger sale with a minimum bid of $250, or half the tax when total liability is under $500. Ask the county collector and the county clerk which program the county runs and who may buy.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Illinois calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Pulaski County Courthouse, 500 Illinois Ave Rm. B, P.O. Box 108, Mound City, IL 62963
Official websiteCounty notes
- Treasurer of record is Robert Moore. The Illinois County Treasurers' Association county page lists him as Robert L. "Robbie" Moore and names office staff Marita Garrett and Cheryl Dunaway.
- Treasurer fax is 618-748-9312 and the listed email is rmoore@pulaskicountyil.gov. The pulaskicountyil.gov domain did not respond when tested, while the working public site is pulaskicountyil.net.
- Property tax payment channels are the Treasurer's Office at the courthouse, First State Bank of Olmsted (Olmsted and Mounds), First State Bank of Dongola in Ullin, Grand Rivers Community Bank in Karnak, online through the county's payment button, or by phone at 618-262-0950. The Treasurer's page warns that "The bank will NOT collect delinquent taxes."
- 2025 tax bills were to be mailed on or before June 9, 2026, with installments due July 9 and September 9, 2026. Mobile home tax bills were mailed May 15 and were due August 20, 2026, and mobile home taxes are payable only in person at the Treasurer's Office or by mail.
- Under Illinois practice the County Clerk handles redemption of sold taxes. The Pulaski County Clerk is Julie Hancock, P.O. Box 118, Mound City, IL 62963, phone 618-748-9360. The Clerk's page does not mention tax sale redemption, so redemption amounts must be requested directly from that office.
- The county courthouse address for both offices is 500 Illinois Ave, Mound City, IL 62963, with office hours Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and a noon to 1:00 p.m. lunch closure.
- Data gap to close on a later pass: the annual tax sale date, sale format (in person versus online), bidder registration and deposit terms, and the published delinquent tax list are all absent from every official Pulaski County page, and no state level Illinois portal carries them for this county.
Illinois rules
- Redemption
- Property sold at an Illinois tax sale may be redeemed at any time before the redemption period expires. Public Act 104-0553 set the standard period at 3 years from the date of sale for tax certificates issued on or after July 10, 2026. Certificates issued between January 1, 2024 and July 9, 2026 run on the earlier 2.5 year (30 month) track, and on that track the certificate holder could file a written notice with the county clerk extending redemption to a date no later than 3 years from the sale. A short 1 year period applies when the parcel was, on the date of sale, vacant non-farm property, commercial or industrial property, or improved with a structure holding 7 or more residential units. Certificates the county holds or assigns as trustee run on their own schedule under Section 21-385, and an assignee must file notice within 60 days of assignment setting a redemption deadline no later than 3 years from the assignment.
- Deed deposit
- Illinois does not fix a statutory deposit percentage. Deposit and payment terms are set in the court's order authorizing the auction and by the selling officer, so read the notice of tax deed auction for each sale. A purchaser who fails to complete the sale forfeits any deposit already made to the county surplus equity fund, and the court orders a new auction of the property.
- Surplus proceeds
- Any amount by which the winning bid exceeds the minimum bid is surplus. Within 30 days after the court confirms the sale the selling officer deposits the surplus with the county treasurer, who notifies everyone who received the Section 22-10 take notice that the owner at the time of the sale may file a claim for it. A county running its own tax deed auction deposits surplus with the treasurer within 30 days of the sale and notifies interested parties within 60 days. Separately, a previous owner who lost equity through a tax deed can claim an award from the county surplus equity fund, capped at the value of the property when the deed issued less mortgages, liens, and the taxes the purchaser paid.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Jul 30, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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